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I loved my time in the Navy and would be the last person to ever run it down. However, today’s young sailors need to understand the navy is not a nine to five job! Sometimes, sailors go to sea, sometimes … Continue reading →

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars. Date: October 21, … Continue reading →

The photo on the right is Tom Eagles the national president of the legion. He is an associate member(not a veteran) who has never served in any branch of military service, was never a cadet or a boy scout. Nevertheless … Continue reading →

Many years ago I recall standing outside the Royal Navy Recruiting office at Donegal Place in Belfast. In the window was a tattered poster of a happy smiling sailor sitting on a camel with a pyramid in the background. The … Continue reading →

How many people believe in Angels? how many will claim to have seen one? Well there was a time when I thought I saw several. On a Saturday in the summer of 1962 I was a front seat passenger in a … Continue reading →

It was a time of excitement but not because it was Christmas, I was awaiting word from the Royal Navy to hear if I had been accepted. I hoped to get word early in the new year of 1954. … Continue reading →

I just came across this interesting naval version of the poem “In Flanders Fields” it is certainly worth sharing as we near the special day of Remembrance. IN WATERS DEEP In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in … Continue reading →

Trafalgar Day – 21st October. Trafalgar Day is the most important day in the calendar of HMS Victory, the oldest commissioned warship in the world. Each year on 21 October a ceremony is held on board Victory marking the anniversary … Continue reading →

It is strange as we grow old we seem to dwell more and more in the past. I often go back to my time in submarines. Mostly it was good, mostly uneventful, and most importantly water tight!. Today, I have … Continue reading →

You all know I never like to blow my own horn, right? Okay Okay, maybe just a wee bit on rare occasions!! This is one of those rare occasions. This review was posted yesterday on the http://www.smashwords.com web site I’m … Continue reading →